Restraining device.



UNTED STATES FATENT @Fidlm' ERNEST J. COLBOURN, 0F SHELBINA, MISSOURI.

RESTRAINING DEVICE.

Appiication flied March as, 191e.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, EnNnsT J. CoLoURN, a citizen ot the United States,and a i'esident of the city of Shelbina, in the county of Shelby andState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRestraining' Devices, of which the following is a speciiication. Y

My invention relates to restraining' 'devices and more particularly tothat class known as hopples.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a hoppleparticularly adapted to cows, but may be applied to other four-footedanimals.

A second object of this invention is to provide a liopple that willeliectively and securely prevent the animal from kicking'.

Another important object of my invention is to construct a hoppleconsisting' of a onepiece harness and a shackle arrangement carriedthereby that may be quickly applied to the animal.

Another object of the invention is to provide a one-piece harnessadapted to be applied to an animal and a shackle arrangement carriedthereby that may be adjusted for animals of different heights.

A further object of my invention is to provide an appliance of the abovementioned character which consists of few parts, is inexpensive tomanufacture and which may be placed on the market at a comparatively lowcost.

The above and other objects and advantages of my improvements will fullyappear from the following' description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing and be explicitly defined in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved hopple apvplied to ananimal.

indicate like Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 191'?.

Serial No. 87,286.

circling strap or band also having alined openings 13 at both ends.

Secured to the body strap 12, as at 1li, is a strap 15 which extends atright angles thereto and carries a buckle 16 or other connecting device.Secured to the body strap 10, as at 17, is a strap 18 having openingsadapted for engagement with the buckle 1G. These straps 15 and 1S makeup what I term the back strap.

19 and 2O indicate short connecting straps having' buckles or otherconnecting devices 21 and 22 secured to their upper ends. These bucklesare adapted for engagement with the body straps l0 and 12.

The lower ends of the st 'aps 19 and 2() are provided with loops 23 and2li. Loops and 26 are also arranged upon the members 19 and 20 toreceive the free ends of the body straps 10 and 12.

Loosely engaged in the loops 23 and 21 are the rings 27. Also looselyengaged with the ring 27 are the diverg'ing connections or straps 29 and30. Relatively large rings and 34, 35 and 36 are loosely engaged withthe lower ends of the members' 29 and 30. Horizontally disposed straps37 and 38 ar loosely connected with the rings 33 and 31, 35 and 36.lVhle 1 have described the diverging members and the horizontal. membersas straps, they may be chains or other flexible elements.

Engaged in the rings 33 and 3&1, 35 and 3G are chains or other flexibleelements 39 and 40. These chains 10 carrv snap hooks 41 and -12 upontheir ends adapted to engage one oi the links of the chains 39. A snaphook L13 is carried by the ring 36. It will be noted that should it bedesired to adjust the chains 39 and 40 carried by the rings 35 and 36,to the limbs ot a smaller or large animal without disengaging' thechains, the snap hook 43 is simply engaged in any one of the links ofthese chains.

The elements carried by these straps 19 and 2O make up the shackle orlocking device for the animals limbs.

Should it be desired to adjust the shackle or locking' device verticallyfor animals of diil'ering heights, the buckles 21 and 22 are disengagedfrom the ends of the members 10 and 12 and adjusted 'up er down as thecase may be.

In applyingl my hopple to the animal, the forward body strap 10 isplaced upon the animals back just in front of its hips and the rear bodystrap 12 is also placed upon the animals back and in alinement with itslimbs. The snap hooks Lll and 42 are now engaged with the chains 39.

In Fig'. 2, a. slightly modified form oi the invention is shown. In thisform, only one body strap or band and only 011e short buckle carrying'strap for each set of diverging` straps 29 and 80 is employed.

This hopple is applied in the same manner as the first mentioned hopple,the body strap being placed in front of the animals hips and theflexible elements beingthen engaged around the animals limbs.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingd 'awings, the advantages of the construction and the manner oi'application will be readily understood by those skilled in the art towhich the invention appertains, and while I have described the method ofapplication, together with the forms which I now consider to be the bestembodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the forms shownare only illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired asfall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I believe to be new and desire tosecure and protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

l. In a hopple, a harness adapted to be applied and mounted on. the rearlimbs of an animal, a plurality of diverging members connected to thelower ends thereof, and a chain joining` and closely connecting thediverging members whereby the animal is prevented from moving either oi'its rear limbs.

2. In a hopple, a harness comprising` front and rear body straps, saidharness adapted to be applied and mounted on the rear limbs of ananimal, a plurality of diverging members connected to the lower endslue-reef, and a chain joining and closely connecting' the diver-ging'members to encircle the rear limbs of an animal to prevent one limbbeing moved independently of the other.

3. In a hopple, a harness comprising forward and rear body` straps, saidharness adapted to be applied and mounted on the rear limbs of ananimal, a short strap adj ustably connected with each end of each oi thebody straps, a shackle mechanism carried by the last named straps toencircle the rear limbs of an animal whereby one limb is preventedV frommoving independently oi' the other. y

ERNEST J. COLBOURN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

